List of Virginia Commonwealth University alumni

This article lists notable alumni and students of the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

Art

Physician, actor, activist, author and clown Patch Adams

Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, Rob Wittman, representing Virginia's 1st congressional district

Nobel Prize winner Baruj Benacerraf

Author David Baldacci

Notable artists who are alumni and students of VCU School of the Arts.

Diana al-Hadid – sculptor and installation artist (MFA 2005)
Hannah Altman - photographer (MFA 2020)
Trudy Benson – abstract artist (BFA 2007)
James Bumgardner – painter, multi-media artist, RPI, VCU art faculty (BFA 1955)
Tony Cokes – video artist (MFA 1985)
Rose Datoc Dall – painter (BFA 1990)
Tara Donovan – sculptor (MFA 1999)
Torkwase Dyson – painter (BFA 1999)
Joseph Craig English – printmaker (BFA 1970)
Donwan Harrell – fashion designer, founder of Prps and Akademiks (BFA 1989)
Lisa Hoke – sculptor and installation artist (BFA 1978)
Sterling Hundley – illustrator and painter (BFA 1998)
Abby Kasonik – painter (BFA 1998)
Nate Lewis – cut paper sculptor (BS 2009)
Whitney Lynn – sculptor and performance artist (BFA 2004)
Owen Lee Franklin - Artist and historian (BFA 2021)
Several founding members of GWAR attended VCU
Philip B. Meggs – graphic designer and historian of design (BFA 1964, MFA 1971)
Eric Millikin – conceptual, internet, video and performance artist (MFA 2021)
Janice Smith – furniture maker (BFA 1976)
Carol Sutton – painter and sculptor (BFA 1967)
Alice Tangerini – botanical illustrator (BFA 1972)
Alessandra Torres – performance and installation artist (MFA 2006)
Charles Vess -- fantasy and comics illustrator (BFA 1974)

Business

Norman Sisisky - Founder of Petersburg Bottling Company, later becoming Pepsi (BBA)
Christopher Poole - Founder of 4chan
William Giffords - CEO of Altria (BBA)

Government

Watkins Abbitt, Jr. – member of the Virginia House of Delegates[1]
Lamont Bagby – member of the Virginia State Senate[2]
Kim Taylor - member of Virginia House of Delegates[3]
Rosalyn Dance – former member of the Virginia State Senate[4]
Nancy McFalane – Former Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (2011–2019)
Todd Pillion - member of the Virginia State Senate[5]
Rob Wittman – Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 1st congressional district[6]
Schuyler VanValkenburg - member of Virginia House of Delegates[7]
Yasonna Laoly – Minister of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia (2014–present)
Will Sessoms - Mayor of Virginia Beach, VA (2008-2018)

Media

Mamé Adjei – runner up of America's Next Top Model cycle 22
David Baldacci – author, best known for his novel Absolute Power (1996)
Rachel Beanland - author of Florence Adler Swims Forever
Macon Blair - actor and Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning filmmaker, known for his collaborations with Jeremy Saulnier
Reilly Brown - comic book illustrator and writer, known for his work on Cable & Deadpool.
Caressa Cameron – 2010 Miss America
Daryl Cobb – author,[8] national children's educational presenter[9]
Chad L. Coleman – actor
Andrea Detwiler – 2006 Daytime Emmy winner
Stephen Furst – actor and director, known as "Flounder" in the National Lampoon classic Animal House (1978) as well as TV series St. Elsewhere and Babylon 5
Jason Butler Harner – Broadway, television, and film actor; performed in original production of Coast of Utopia; was in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film Changeling
Bilal Khan - Pakistani singer and actor
Zachary Knighton – actor, ABC series Happy Endings
Boris Kodjoe – actor, model
Robert Lanham – author, best known for his book The Hipster Handbook (2003)
Debbie Matenopoulos – TV host, known for co-hosting ABC's The View, The Daily 10, and TV Guide Channel's The Screening Room
Wiley Miller – cartoonist and author of the comic strip Non Sequitur
Caelynn Miller-Keyes - Runner-Up Miss USA 2018, Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise Contestant
Trevor Moore - comedian and founding member of The Whitest Kids U' Know
Howard Owen - journalist, author of crime fiction and the novel Littlejohn.
Jay Pharoah – comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member
Jon Pineda - award-winning poet and novelist
Actor Boris Kodjoe
Basketball and Football player Mo Alie-Cox
Christopher Poole, aka moot – founder of 4chan[10]
Kevin Powers – novelist and poet, known for The Yellow Birds (2013), a finalist for the National Book Award[11]
Tom Robbins – author, best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976)
Steve Segal - comic artist, animation director
Robb Spewak – producer and radio personality for The Don and Mike Show and The Mike O'Meara Show
Rose Szabo - author of What Big Teeth
Steve Rasnic Tem - horror fiction writer, winner of the World Fantasy, British Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards
Phil Trumbo - film animator, artist
Brandon Wardell – comedian and Twitter personality
Mike Wieringo – comic book artist for Marvel and DC comics; co-creator of Image Comics series Tellos

Music

Chino Amobi - experimental electronic musician
Anhayla – singer-songwriter, guitarist
Sam Beam – singer/songwriter known as Iron and Wine[12]
Nickelus F - rapper, producer, videographer
GWAR – several founding members of the band
Lamb of God – several founding members of the band
Stefan Lessard – bassist for Dave Matthews Band
Matthew Ramsey - songwriter, lead singer for Old Dominion
Nate Smith - drummer, songwriter, producer, and three-time Grammy nominee
Eric Stanley – violinist, composer
Robbin Thompson – singer-songwriter
Steve West – drummer of the indie rock band Pavement and front man for Marble Valley
Gordy Haab -- composer of the Star Wars video games music and multiple award winner in that genre.
Lucy Dacus - singer-songwriter

Science

Arpana Agrawal - psychiatric geneticist and professor of psychiatry, 2018 Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award
Hunter "Patch" Adams – founder of the Gesundheit! Institute and subject of the movie Patch Adams
Baruj Benacerraf – winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Ann S. Fulcher – abdominal radiologist and chair of the department of radiology at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Medicine
Saul Krugman– medical researcher who discovered a vaccine against hepatitis B
Arpad Vass – research scientist, forensic anthropologist and professor

Sports

Yann Bonato – former European professional basketball player; former French National Team member; member of France's silver medal-winning men's basketball team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; played one season (1990–91) at VCU[13][14]
Mo Alie-Cox - current tight end for the Indianapolis Colts
Troy Daniels – current shooting guard for Olimpia Milano
Andrew Dykstra – MLS goalkeeper for D.C. United; also played with the Chicago Fire in MLS
Treveon Graham - current forward in the G League
Lanto Griffin - current professional golfer on the PGA Tour
Sherman Hamilton – former member of Canadian National Men's Basketball Team; participated in 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia[15]
Gerald Henderson – played for the Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Seattle SuperSonics, and San Antonio Spurs, winning four NBA championships
Quanitra Hollingsworth – center for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA;[16] member of Turkey's 2012 Olympic women's basketball team[17]
Brandon Inge – MLB infielder, formerly with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics and Detroit Tigers[18]
Sean Marshall – relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds[19]
Eric Maynor – played for the Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers[20]
Cla Meredith – former MLB relief pitcher; played for the Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles[21]
Hayley Moorwood – member of New Zealand women's Olympic Soccer Team in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012[22]
Dominic Oduro – current forward for the Columbus Crew in MLS
Juvonte Reddic (born 1992) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
John Rollins – professional golfer and PGA pro[23]
Larry Sanders – drafted #15 overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2010 NBA Draft[24]
Gonzalo Segares – former defender for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus; former defender for the Chicago Fire in MLS
Scott Sizemore – infielder for the Oakland Athletics[25]
Justin Tillman (born 1996) - basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Brianté Weber (born 1992) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Other

Mirta Martin (Ph.D. 1996) – ninth president of Fort Hays State University

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[1] "Abbitt, Watkins Moorman (1908–1998)". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved November 4, 2012.

[2] "Lamont Bagby". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 11, 2023.

[3] "Kim Taylor". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

[4] "Roz Dance". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 10, 2023.

[5] "Todd Pillion". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 10, 2023.

[6] "WITTMAN, Robert J., (1959–)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 4, 2012.

[7] "Schuyler VanValkenburg". Project Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

[Joanne_Bostwick-8] Bostwick, Joanne. "About Daryl Cobb". authorvisitsbydarylcobb.com/aboutme.html. Daryl Cobb Productions. Retrieved June 26, 2015.

[9] Cobb, Daryl. "Author Visits by Daryl Cobb". Author Visits by Daryl Cobb. Daryl Cobb Productions. Retrieved June 24, 2015.

[10] "A Virtual Unknown: Meet 'Moot,' the Secretive Internet Celeb Who Still Lives With Mom". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2019-09-14.

[11] Kevin Powers

[12] Sims, Dave (25 Sep 2007). "Growing a Bard". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 7 July 2009.

[13] "Yann Bonato Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-06-18.

[14] "VCU". Vcuathletics.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.

[15] "Literature Study Guides – By Popularity". eNotes.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.

[16] "Quanitra Hollingsworth – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.

[17] "Turkish women's basketball team reaching for the stars". Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2012.

[18] "Brandon Inge Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.

[19] "Sean Marshall Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.

[20] "Eric Demarqua Maynor". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.

[21] "Cla Meredith Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.

[22] "FIFA Tournaments – Players & Coaches – Hayley MOORWOOD". Fifa.com. 2016-06-10. Archived from the original on July 13, 2008. Retrieved 2016-06-18.

[23] "John Rollins". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2012.

[24] "Larry Sanders". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.

[25] "Scott Sizemore Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 10, 2012.